''Edmundoa'' is a

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of plants in the

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, subfamily

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. It is native to southern and south-eastern Brasil. The genus is named for Edmundo Pereira, Brazilian botanist (1914–1986), from the Botanical Garden in

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. It is recognized as an independent genus, as it was before 1997, it was grouped earlier with ''

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''. The genus was

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by Elton Martinez Carvalho Leme in Canistrum - Bromeliads Atlantic Forest on page 42 in 1997, and it was noted earlier in

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vol.36 (Issue 1) on page 330 in 1987.

Species

* '' Edmundoa ambigua'' * '' Edmundoa lindenii'' ** var. ''rosea'' (E.Morren) Leme * '' Edmundoa perplexa''

References

External links

FCBS Edmundoa PhotosBSI Genera Gallery
photos {{Taxonbar, from=Q143651 Bromeliaceae genera